Reggie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- REJ-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #40 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,852 for boys
Reggie is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel and rule”. In 2025 it ranked 40th for boys in the UK (1,412 babies) and 1,852nd for boys in the US (85 babies).
What does Reggie mean?
Germanic: pet form of Reginald
“counsel and rule”
A pet form of Reginald, now often given as a name in its own right.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Reggie a girl's or a boy's name?
Reggie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,412 boys in the UK and 12 girls and 85 boys in the US.
How popular is Reggie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 40th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,412 about 1 in 210 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 6.4% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,412 boys in the UK were named Reggie, making it the 40th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 51st.
2025 had the most boys named Reggie of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Reggie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 37th in England and Wales, 75th in Scotland and 69th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#43).
Reggie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,412 | #40 |
| 2024 | 1,266 | #44 |
| 2023 | 1,123 | #53 |
| 2022 | 1,212 | #53 |
| 2021 | 1,337 | #52 |
| 2020 | 1,298 | #51 |
| 2019 | 1,327 | #55 |
| 2018 | 1,394 | #50 |
| 2017 | 1,310 | #54 |
| 2016 | 1,097 | #66 |
| 2015 | 718 | #102 |
| 2014 | 569 | #122 |
| 2013 | 500 | #134 |
| 2012 | 401 | #162 |
| 2011 | 315 | #197 |
| 2010 | 265 | #217 |
| 2009 | 208 | #245 |
| 2008 | 151 | #305 |
| 2007 | 136 | #315 |
| 2006 | 128 | #304 |
| 2005 | 110 | #320 |
| 2004 | 56 | #512 |
| 2003 | 31 | #754 |
| 2002 | 28 | #750 |
| 2001 | 26 | #748 |
| 2000 | 29 | #688 |
| 1999 | 23 | #782 |
| 1998 | 25 | #730 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Reggie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,852nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 85 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 85 boys in the US were named Reggie, making it the 1,852nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. Its busiest year was 1979, with 318 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906. 12 girls were also named Reggie in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Reggie in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12% of the babies named Reggie in the US were girls.
Reggie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #1,852 |
| 2024 | 79 | #1,970 |
| 2023 | 80 | #1,941 |
| 2022 | 87 | #1,839 |
| 2021 | 94 | #1,721 |
| 2020 | 79 | #1,872 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,019 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,209 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,531 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,207 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2014 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,138 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,065 |
| 2011 | 72 | #1,926 |
| 2010 | 90 | #1,697 |
| 2009 | 78 | #1,860 |
| 2008 | 94 | #1,639 |
| 2007 | 82 | #1,781 |
| 2006 | 79 | #1,758 |
| 2005 | 85 | #1,601 |
| 2004 | 82 | #1,590 |
| 2003 | 92 | #1,428 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,411 |
| 2001 | 81 | #1,498 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,444 |
| 1999 | 97 | #1,266 |
| 1998 | 113 | #1,124 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,410 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,118 |
| 1995 | 116 | #1,031 |
| 1994 | 86 | #1,250 |
| 1993 | 104 | #1,093 |
| 1992 | 107 | #1,055 |
| 1991 | 120 | #967 |
| 1990 | 121 | #933 |
| 1989 | 100 | #1,026 |
| 1988 | 106 | #928 |
| 1987 | 130 | #814 |
| 1986 | 114 | #848 |
| 1985 | 131 | #775 |
| 1984 | 134 | #749 |
| 1983 | 161 | #673 |
| 1982 | 187 | #635 |
| 1981 | 241 | #541 |
| 1980 | 242 | #548 |
| 1979 | 318 | #455 |
| 1978 | 284 | #481 |
| 1977 | 231 | #550 |
| 1976 | 208 | #559 |
| 1975 | 224 | #535 |
| 1974 | 204 | #562 |
| 1973 | 220 | #529 |
| 1972 | 205 | #558 |
| 1971 | 200 | #577 |
| 1970 | 201 | #571 |
| 1969 | 223 | #523 |
| 1968 | 189 | #548 |
| 1967 | 192 | #537 |
| 1966 | 148 | #610 |
| 1965 | 160 | #602 |
| 1964 | 208 | #546 |
| 1963 | 217 | #538 |
| 1962 | 241 | #508 |
| 1961 | 257 | #493 |
| 1960 | 269 | #483 |
| 1959 | 263 | #483 |
| 1958 | 229 | #507 |
| 1957 | 198 | #548 |
| 1956 | 160 | #601 |
| 1955 | 162 | #578 |
| 1954 | 122 | #655 |
| 1953 | 136 | #619 |
| 1952 | 126 | #623 |
| 1951 | 132 | #613 |
| 1950 | 137 | #580 |
| 1949 | 110 | #655 |
| 1948 | 110 | #642 |
| 1947 | 102 | #685 |
| 1946 | 106 | #623 |
| 1945 | 96 | #616 |
| 1944 | 92 | #642 |
| 1943 | 96 | #650 |
| 1942 | 98 | #642 |
| 1941 | 102 | #586 |
| 1940 | 85 | #653 |
| 1939 | 47 | #904 |
| 1938 | 42 | #977 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,168 |
| 1936 | 44 | #924 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,422 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,159 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,428 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,443 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,404 |
| 1925 | 28 | #1,390 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
Nicknames for Reggie
- Reg 4 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Reggie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronnie, Frankie, Sonny, Rory, Tommy, Freddie, Teddy, Vinnie, Roman, Bobby, Robin, Myles
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Reggie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reggie, updated 20 October 2026.